Mower.



W. BUR-LING.

MOWER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1,1911. 1,053,901, Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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W. BURLING.

MOWER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1911. 1,653,991 Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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Application filed June 1,

T0 aZZ whom a m ay concern:

it known that l. lVAl/FEH liiTRLlNG. a citizen of the lfnited States. residing at Grand Rapids. in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Mowers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mowers, reaper-s and binders. and its object is to provide a means whereby an ordinary automobile be utilized for driving the mower- &c. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan of the running gear of an ordinary automobile showing the cutting bar and the bed of a reaper and binder attached. Fig. 2 is side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the appliance with which the power is transmitted from the automobile wheel to the cutting bar of the mower, on the line a :0 of Fig. i is an end elevation of the same showing a hovel gear for driving the shaft shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a plan of the shaft and bearings for supporting the end oi the driving shaft shown in Fig. l and 2. Fig. 8 is a plan of the running gear. of an automobile showing a plain mowing machine finger bars and cutters attached, and a modified form of transmi... )1. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the same. S indicates an ordinary rotary lawn mower attachment, with the caster wheel removed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The germ of my invention lies, principally, in the manner of attaching the ordinary finger bars and cutters of a mowing or reaping machine to an automobile, and of transmitting motion and power from the hind axletree of an ordinary automobile, whether a touring car, a rmraround or an ordinary truck car.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the cutter bar E and plat-form F l of a reaper or hinder secured to the front axletree 13 of an automobile, by means of supporting arms L L, and in this application I find it possible to use two of these arms as none of the grain is supposed to he spread upon the ground back of the cutter ear. The arms L L. must be hinged, as at Z Z, so thatthe cutter bar may he. raised up from the ground, as indicated by the'dotted lines in i l I carry it over obstacles on the surface of the S eeification of Letters Patent.

Patented lFelnIS, i913.

1911. Serial 310. 630,725.

" ground, or to elevate it sutliciently to use th machine for heading grain. 0 0 rep-resent caster wheels journaled at the ends of the cutter bar to support and carry the cutter bar when it is located near the ground and in operation.

l have shown two forms of transmission for carrying motion and power from the hind axletree B to the cutter bar. In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a shaft, D, the back end of which is supported in a hearing I, and has a. bevel gear a in position to mesh with the bevel gear a on the end of the hub or arm C. The arm C is securely attached to the spokes of the wheel A, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 in such a manner that they must revolve when the wheel revolves, which,

by reason of the meshing of the gear wheels c and 0, causes the shaft D to revolve. The

opposite end of this shaft is provided with a universal :ioint- (Z by means of which it is connected with the shaft (5' upon which the crank disk D is mounted for the purpose of actuating the connecting rod 6 to transform the rotary motion of the shafts to a reciprocating motion at the cutter bar, in the usual manner. W hen the shaft D, with its Mvel gear connection, is used it is necessary to provide some means of supporting the end of the shaft, and, at the same time allow the hub or arm 0 to revolve to transmit motion to the shaft, and, for this purpose,I pass a shaft H through a central opening H in the arm G, as indicated in Fig. 3, and form a hearing I on one end that is titted to receive the end of the shaft 1) and allow it to revolve freely. The hub I of this bearing is passed into the end of the arm C and is provided with ball bearings, as indicated at h h. The other end of this shatt has a bearing G that is, also, made to travel upon ball bearings, as indicated at 9, so that the friction between the shaft H and the G is reduced to the minimum of resistance. g, on Fig. 5, represents. the groove in which the balls g travel when -the arm C is revolving, and C represents die verging legs on the arm C or C, by means of which the arm is secured tothe. wheel.

These legs must diverge sufficiently so that they will not, in any way, interfere with the I hub a of the wheel. it is,.o:t course,'under-- stood thatthe wheel A revolves with the hind axletree B when the automobile is being driven, and the arms G or C revolve with the wheel.

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in l i that will a to: tilnsni motion a a the arm C, nieh corresponds with the erin U H] Fig. l. to the outter her, anal when this 15 used it IS necessary to inoth'ty the transmitting element on the arm C rom a hevel gear, as shown at 0 in i f) '1 g t 4 J71 1 4 i .4 alto r, o a spree-ted we, as

shown at C in Figs (3 and 7. The sproeke ehain l) leads to a sprocket wheel 4, which is i'x'lountetl on the shaft N, and the shaft h provitlcl with a hevel ,egear wheel n whieh made to mesh with a rorrespoiuling gear wheel vi to cause the shaft M to revolve. eranl: their in is n'iounterl on the lower onrl ot this shaft anti eonner-totl with the connec ing' rod 0', whir-h. in turn, is eonneeteil with the cutter har lC tor the nu pose of con rerting the lnlttl) motion of the shaft Ill 1 to a'reeiproeating movement oi the utter lml l1. 0 and o re n-went the waster wheels that supportthe cutter ha as it t 'avels over the surtaee oi the ground when mowing g rz and 0" represents supporting shoe that is eonneetetl with the frame that carries; the cutter bar.

in Fig. l have shown an appliance wherewith an ordinary large rotarv lawn mower, such as is 'tlSGtl in extensive parks, may be uti ized upon an automobile quite as surreestull as the reaper or nzower, herein- 5 before (lesorihecl, may he usetl. In this view l have sho *n the sprocket (-hain transmitter, out. do not, thereby, desire to imply that. this is essential, as it is QXiflftl as p 'aetieal to apply the shaft transmitter shown in Figs. ainl in this connection it is neeeesary to support the mower l1 much the same as the reaper attachments i I? are su 'iporteclg that; is, or the use of two supporting arms, as Lli, the equivalent of which I have ehown at L in Fig. 8. In this figiire y; p

represent the ends of the mower knives \\'lllll are mountetl upon the cylinder in i usual manner. lv have left the caster I it is very necessary, in the combinations hereniiet'ore set forth, to carry the shaft D transmission and the eutor tilt chain D, or any other elen'ient; between the wheel It ting elements of the mowing inaehine for '1 away from the wheels A ancl it so it may turn freely, as ineliotterl lines in Fig. l, for the PLH'POSG turning the automobile around or out of the way oi other pasqing; vehiclee, without any danger of its eomr in COZltZLOtT with the or chain, hence the necessit of placing the long arm C as statecl.

llhat l claim as new, and (lesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. In combination with an automobile having a front axletree and it back antletree with two front wheels mounts-Cl on the front axletree and two rear wheels mounterl on the rear axletree, an arm centn lly mounted upon one oi? the rear wheels, a cutter hair firmly supported from, and parallel with the trout axlet'ree, and in ans for actuating the cutter bar from the arm on the rear wheel.

2. lo combination with an automobile having a front a Xle ree and a rea axletree,

two front wheels lllOlUliGtl on the Front;

axletree and two rear wheels mounted on the r ar i1xletree,an arm eoneentrically mounted on one oi": the rear wheels ancl having bevel gear teeth around the outer end, a cutter bar firmly supported from the front. axletiee, a shaft passing centrally through the arm longitmlinally thereof, a hearing secured to the outer end of saicl shalt, a shaft journalecl in vs'aitl hearing and having a bevel gear wheel arranged to mesh with the gear teeth at the GIN] of the arm, a universal joint c0n motion near the entl of said shaft with said (lid journalecl to a support from the front axletree, and a crank thereon to transtorni the rotary motion of the Wheel to a reciproeating motion at the cutter her.

Signed at Grand Rapids liliohigan May 27, 1911.

WALTER BUHLING. in presence of l. J. CILLEY, CHAS. V. Hmome,

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